RE: More cycle, yes, more cycle

[boothm@xxxxxxx]

Why?  because the people that designed the cycle know where all of the 
advantages are, and have built them in.  Also, blocking is fast.  seek time 
tumbles.


In <3.0.2.32.19990407223406.00f97148@praxis.net>, on 04/07/99 
   at 10:34 PM, Wynn Osborne <wynn@praxis.net> said:

>Here's the golden question I'd like to know:

>At 05:11 PM 4/7/99 -0500, you wrote:
>>We change the program to cycle and VOILA the same job (using block
>reading) took only 4 hours.

>WHY?


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